The New York Giants hired Don “Wink” Martindale as their defensive coordinator under new head coach Brian Daboll. Martindale was brilliant in Baltimore from 2018 to 2020, but the Raven’s 2021 season was problematic due to several injuries in the secondary.
Martindale runs an attacking/aggressive defense akin to Rex Ryan’s style. Martindale comes from the Buddy Ryan coaching tree, and he believes in exotic pressure packages, crowding the line of scrimmage, and a lot of man coverage on the backend of defenses. These are the Pro Football Focus Ravens’ 2021 coverage percentages:
- Cover 0: 8 percent
- Cover 1: 24 percent
- Cover 2: 6.